Support for a New Direction

As part of its comprehensive approach to pediatric speech-language intervention, SPEECH PATHways supports families enrolled in speech and language services and specialized programs with helpful support groups to provide every avenue for success. Following are some links to favorite resources that may be useful to our clients and their families.

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• State & National Associations

• Local Agencies & Resources

• Specialty Techniques & Certifications

• Parent Support & Advocacy Groups

• Home Program & Material Suggestions

• Complementary Therapies

• Local Online Groups

• Alternative Funding Sources & Private Health Insurance Information

• Disability/Disorder Specific Resources

• General Resources

 

State & National Associations

• American Speech Language Hearing Association

• Maryland Speech Language Hearing Association

• American Academy of Private Practice in Speech

• Pathology & Audiology

 

Local Agencies & Resources

• The Parents' Place of Maryland

• Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council

• Maryland Department of Disabilities

• Caring Communities (Respite Care Resources for Families of Children with Disabilities)

• Maryland Disability Law Center

• Maryland Relay (Communication Assistance for People with Disabilities)

• Maryland TAP Program (Technology Assistance Program)

• Guide to Acronym's in Maryland

• CDC Resource Lists

• MD "Early Childhood Gateway"

• Autism Connect Maryland

• Marriage Resource Center of Carroll County

• Carroll County "Get Connected Resource Center"

• Maryland Community Services Locator | More info

• Special Needs Kids Info

• Maggie's Light

• Family Navigator (Baltimore County Family Resource)

 

Specialty Techniques & Certifications

• The PROMPT Institute

• Talk Tools

• The Hanen Centre

• The Strong Institute (Rhythmic Entrainment Intervention or "MusicMedicine")

• Scientific Learning (Fast ForWord)

 

Parent Support & Advocacy Groups

• Pathways to Parent Support & Education (PPST)

• Maryland AG Bell Support Group

• Family Networks

• Maryland Support Groups

• Parent Advocacy Group for Educational Rights (PAGER)

• Wrightslaw

• National Association of Parents with Children in Special Education

 

Home Program & Material Suggestions

• Kids' Express Train (Music for Speech/Language Development)

• Model Me Kids (DVD Programs)

• Spectrum Connections ( DVD Programs)

• Speechville (Resource Site)

• Discovery Toys

• Resiliency for Life (Building and Restoring Spirit)

 

Complementary Therapies

• Special Yoga

• Music Therapy

 

Local Online Groups

• Carroll Alternative Playgroups

• Family Empowerment Network

• Baltimore Area Apraxia & Related Disorders

 

Alternative Funding Sources & Private Health Insurance Information

• ASHA Brochure "Understanding Your Health Insurance"

• Getting Your Employer to Pay for Speech Therapy Benefits (page 1 | (page 2)

• The Cost of Adding Speech Benefits to Your Policy

• Health Care Cost Facts

• United Health Care Children's Foundation

• Financial Information & Assistance for Families of Children with Special Needs

• Grants for Individuals with Disabilities

• Abilities Network

• The Autumn Grace Blasko Foundation (Down Syndrome Only)

• Jill Fox Memorial Fund

• CHANGE, Inc. (Rolling Access Funds for Carroll County)

• DHR:  The Family Investment Program/Carroll County DSS

• UCP of Central Maryland

• Family-Networks.org

• NeighborHeart Quality-of-Life Grants

• Small Steps in Speech

• LISS Funding

 

Disability/Disorder Specific Resources

Autism Spectrum Disorders

• Autism Busters

• Autism Fact Sheet

• Autism Alarm

• Pathfinders for Autism Organization (Parent Resource Center)

• Autism Speaks

• Autism Resources

• Autism Links

• Autism-PDD

• GFCF Diet and DAN! Practitioner List

• National Alliance for Autism Research

• Play Project

• Play and Academic Skills

• Kennedy Krieger CARD Program

• Mother's Journal (Has a Child with ASD)

• REI Institute (Rhythmic Entrainment Intervention) "MusicMedicine"

• Sonrise Program

• Talk About Curing Autism ("Families with Autism Helping Families with Autism")

• Additonal Links...

 

Apraxia

• Apraxia of Speech/Verbal Apraxia/Dyspraxia (National Apraxia Association)

• Oral-Motor

• The PROMPT Institute

• Talk Tools

• REI Institute (Rythmic Entrainment Intervention) "MusicMedicine"

 

Sensory Integration Dysfunction

• SI Focus

• The Out-of-Sync Child

• Sensory Integration Fact Sheet

• REI Institute (Rythmic Entrainment Intervention) "MusicMedicine"

• The Spiral Foundation: SPD Fact Sheets for Physicians, Educators, and Parents

• June 2008 Workshop with Sensory Street & Diana Henry

 

Down Syndrome

• Down Syndrome Facts

• National Association for Down Syndrome

• Oral-Motor

• The PROMPT Institute

• Talk Tools

 

Cerebral Palsy

• Cerebral Palsy Fact Sheet

• United Cerebral Palsy

• Oral-Motor

• The PROMPT Institute

• Talk Tools

 

Articulation & Phonological Disorders

• Speech/Articulation

 

Cognitive Disabilities/Mental Retardation

• Mental Retardation Fact Sheet

• American Association on Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

• Fragile X

 

Stuttering

• The Lidcombe Program (Stuttering)

• Stuttering Foundation of America

• National Stuttering Association

 

Attention Deficits Disorder

• CHADD

• National Resource Center on AD/HD

• CAPD vs. ADHD

• ADHD Fact Sheet

• REI Institute (Rhythmic Entrainment Intervention) "MusicMedicine"

• ADHD Symptoms

 

Language & Learning Disabilities

• LD Online

• Scientific Learning (Fast ForWord)

• Dyslexia

• National Center for Learning Disabilities

• Schwab Learning Online Resource

• Nonverbal Learning Disorders Association

• REI Institute (Rythmic Entrainment Intervention) "MusicMedicine"

• Learn to Read at STARFALL

 

Hearing Impairments

• Hearing Loss Fact Sheet

• Alexander Graham Bell Organization (Hearing Impaired)

• Auditory-Verbal (Hearing Impaired)

• ASL Pro (Online Sign Language Dictionary)

• Sign With Your Baby

• Encourage Spoken Language Through Signs

• The Benefits of Signing in Childcare Settings

• Insights from Early Childhood Educators Who Sign

 

Feeding Disorders

• Treating Children with Feeding Disorders

• Swallowing Disorders in Children

 

Auditory Processing Disorders

• CAPD vs ADHD

• Understanding APD

 

Voice Therapy Program

• www.lsvt.org

• www.learningloud.com

 

General Resources

• Developmental Milestones

• Speech Disorder Website (UK)